[howaboutnope]

> I’m sure they’ve heard every idea imaginable.

And they didn't try the one that is the actual subject of this subthread.

> asking “why don’t they just do this?” is not productive

That doesn't make your answer to it valid.

> the answer to that is that copyright is broken

Why not go further back? Why is there greed? Why aren't all humans brothers? If only we could fix that, some of these problems would literally disappear!

[jchw]

This is going nowhere. At this point, I can only conclude that you willfully don’t want to admit that the principle actor causing this mess is probably not YouTube.

For what it’s worth, Twitch has not implemented this idea either.